Chapter 172: Making Money

[PS: Book friends, give the drunken moon some stimulation, and continue 8000+ tomorrow.] 】

Talking to Mark Muller and European cinema operators, despite Wang Meng's decision, it was Zhang Lantian who was in charge.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and it is better to leave professional matters to professionals.

The dinner party is not only a social occasion for celebrities and celebrities, but also a place for capitalists such as cinema companies.

Otherwise, who will have nothing to do and get together for a drink.

Because "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" won the Golden Lion Award, the foreign release of "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" is very simple and straightforward.

The ugly part is the buyout.

Want to share, just kidding? The current DreamWorks and Wang Meng don't have that strength.

By the way, "This Man is from Earth" was also mentioned by Zhang Lantian, and many theater companies expressed interest in taking a look. The reason is not only that Wang Mengduo is brilliant, but also that Mark Muller has strongly recommended him.

Mark said that "This Man is from Earth" is excellent.

Even one of the distributors of Midi said, "Is it the film that attracted a lot of attention in Asia last year?"

This person's name is Miller, and after talking, I learned that he is the European regional manager of Lionsgate in Hollywood.

Lionsgate Film and Television Wang Meng is very familiar with this company that has become famous by small budget, horror films, and various unpopular movies, which is worth learning from.

Lionsgate has unearthed many world-renowned movies with its extraordinary vision.

"Does Mr. Miller know?" asked Wang Meng.

"Oh, Wang, I do know this, at that time, our company paid attention to it and wanted to buy the adaptation rights, but many things were delayed, for which I regretted it, I didn't expect that we met here, maybe this is God's arrangement. Miller laughed.

He also said: "Wang, I have followed your film, and we at Lionsgate want to get the rights to adapt it, and you know that the United States is different from Europe. The United States prefers to watch American movies, even Hollywood movies, and of course, there are few like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" after all. ”

Wang Meng is not stupid when he says this, how can he not understand.

To put it bluntly, Americans don't like to watch movies starring yellow people, and they like yellow people to be villains and other characters in movies.

Unless you really want to be like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", a Chinese actor, a movie with a Hollywood core.

Let's talk about movies like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero", North American audiences also value the scenes and curiosity.

When the curiosity is over, it seems that the Chinese costume movie is the New Year......

It's sad to say.

Wang Meng chose to go science fiction and big scenes in the future, not without reason.

Because only large-scale zuò and sci-fi are films that kill the whole world, also called blockbusters.

Culture can't be unified globally, but science fiction, a movie with a dream as the core, can be understood by the whole world.

There's a reason why Miller says that.

France in Europe was conquered by Wong Kar-wai's tone, Germany in Europe was conquered by Bruce Lee, and Italy in Europe was conquered by Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jia Zhangke, and so on.

Many European countries are very fond of certain Chinese films.

In North America, especially in the United States, it seems that only kung fu films and costume films have galloped for a while, and other literary films have all stopped.

There are so many big domestic directors staring at costume films, it's not just as simple as in China, who doesn't want to be famous in the world.

As for the result, although it is a coincidence, it does not hinder the luck mentality at all.

Wang Meng turned around in his head for a while, generally understood, and said to Miller, "Of course you can, I have even written a script suitable for Hollywood, Mr. Miller can read it." ”

Miller smiled, and though he didn't care, he said, "Oh, yes? It seems that we really have a fate, I'll take a look." ”

The conversation between the two caused European publishers to be unimpressed at first.

Europeans are not as thorough about Chinese cinema as they are in North America.

Many Europeans still like Chinese movies very much.

As for adapting their own filming, the Europeans are not interested.

As long as Wang Meng's Chinese version is good, the hairstyle is good, how troublesome it is to shoot by yourself!

So many people said that they would come to see the quality of the movie tomorrow.

This Wang Meng was on guard before he came, and he brought a copy of "This Man from Earth", and he didn't need to go back to China to pick it up.

Mark also said that the screening room was provided, and the group decided accordingly.

"The Good Man of the Three Gorges" directly signed a buyout contract.

It will be screened in Hong Kong, China, Italy, Canada, Sweden, France, Morocco, Croatia, Germany, Australia, etc.

The buyout funds in these places alone have received nearly 3 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 20 million yuan.

This is the charm of the Golden Lion Award, and this is the charm of how many people desperately want to win the award. If it's just a simple honor, it will make everyone flock to it, then it's wrong.

Behind the awards is the role of money.

Why is the American Oscar so awesome, because an Oscar for Best Picture, according to unreliable statistics, is worth $60 million at the box office.

Therefore, the Oscars surpass several major international film festivals, and it can be said that money is the biggest driving force.

Not to mention these awesome, just the Golden Horse Golden Rooster Awards, the winner of the best picture is not a lot of money.

If everyone simply thinks that it is just the honor of the award, it is wrong.

It is the banknotes after the honor that are pushing.

Actually, if you think about it, you will feel that it is very easy to understand.

If you win the award, it means that the movie is not bad, and if it is good, the audience will like it, and if the audience likes it, of course, there will be a box office, and if there is a box office, it will be earned, which in turn also sets off the importance of the award.

Why is the high box office not an award-winning favorite, is it just that it has no artistic value?

The judges are not stupid, everyone likes to watch it, which means that the movie is very successful.

If everyone likes it and the movie is successful, then it will be valuable. Why can't it be rewarded if it is valuable?

Very simple.

If you have a high box office, it is useless for the award to be awarded to you, so after being awarded to the high box office several times, the movie award is still useful, and it is directly awarded to the high box office.

So, that's the unspoken rule!

However, everything cannot be generalized.

No, the high box office of, pee, and fart movies also have connotations.

That's not a discussion, it's a raiser.

Just individual only.

A movie with a high box office and connotation vs a movie with a low box office but with connotation.

Most say that the jury chooses the one with a low box office.

However, there are no absolutes in everything, there are special cases in everything, but relatively speaking, and it represents Wang Meng's own opinion.

At least, Wang Meng thinks so.

If you insist on taking out "Titanic" to talk about things, Wang Meng will be forced to do so, Kashen is almost not a human being, how can you compare.

The reason why Wang Meng thinks so much is without him?

Stimulated by money.

At night.

Wang Meng lay on the bed and thought......

"Nima, the investment in "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" is only more than 2 million yuan, and now he has earned more than 20 million. Not to mention that it has not been released in China. ”

As expected, tomorrow "This Man is from Earth", buying out the hairstyle and adapting the script will earn no less than 15 million yuan, which is exciting to think about.

DreamWorks' net worth by the end of the year is almost over 100 million.

"Movies, it's really profitable!" Wang Mengmo calculated how much he could make before and after, and sighed.

If there is less money, it is sad, and if there is more money, it is sad.

"You can't put it aside, you have to spend it purposefully, DreamWorks doesn't need to expand at the moment, it seems that you have to find out from the Internet, and it's the Internet that makes money in the future." In addition, throw money at Marvel Animation and smash special effects. Wang Meng muttered, planning where the money would go.

…… (To be continued.) )